Roll of 160 Fayette county youths called for Feb 22 1918
The local draft board lists 160 Fayette county men for Camp Dodge under Order 2166. Names include Darnall Hand West U 636 and dozens of others from Oelwein Davenport Clermont and surrounding towns. Quota set at 124 with selections proceeding from the 20th draft district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayette
Camp Dodge
Ebll
Oelwein
Town
Berle
Fay Darnall Hand
West U
Bo Frank A. Tuppar
Perry St
Davenport
Charles Velasco
Siegmund Bartels
Wester
Ralph Hunter Keeley
Gel
Frank Kohls
Migin
Hart Knight
Arthur ‘Harold
Resvold
Dysart
de Axel Nord
Steve Szabo
Girard
Ohio
Joe Zena
Arthur John Trapp
Hid
Arnold Louis Reinhold
C. Villa
Dale Arthur Quitmeyer
Arlington
John
Bernard Sheehan
Clermont
Fred Steffens
Alfred Dean Homewood
Harold Adams Harner
West Union
William Henry Thiese
Oel
Ralph Elmer Proctor
Huw
Geo
Meinken
Aurora
Fred Oppermann
Walter
Clyde
Gerken
Oran
James
Adelbert Moore
Roy A. Miehe
Herbert
Fred Rechkemmer
Gelwein
Fred John Rippen
Arling
Joseph F. Silka
Waterloo
Rollo Winn Hing
Oeiwein
Ralph W. Porter
Elmer Gerhart Nordhus
Henry Fred Meinken
Aur
Louis Albert"Hyman
Hwk
Forest John Moore
W. A
Franklin Robbing
Waldo Sylvester Walker
Arthur Melville
Stone
Waucoma
Frederick
Wm. Fink
Darrel
Quitmeyer
George Oli. Mosby
Fred G. Schuchmann
4Th Ave. S
Albert Geo. Relsing
Del
Michael Jas. Garvey
Virgil Geary
Richard T. Wilbur
Carl Linderwell
Lamont
Raymond Dewitt
Oelwain
Milfred Knutson
William Vivian Hiles
Fair
Hayley Raymond Senior
Herold HE. Vandenover
Loula Zacharies ‘Kallina
Bellefontaine
Box
Albert Sath Hodges
Ira Sylvester Voshell
Arl
Roy Victor Gerken
Emmett Collins
Main st.Albert Lea
Minn
Floyd Delmer ‘Winterowd
Henry F. Helms
Glen John Morrow
Leroy Burnside
Clayus Holm
Higin
Burn
J. Lewis
Bly
Des Moines
Iowa
Clarence Adolf _Roswold
Eldorado
Harley Jearid Hills
Wad
Charles ‘Robertada
Fred
Bilden
Martin Louis Halverson
Wallace Hopsin Burnham
Weéet Union
Clyde Tatro
Cattle Mystery Cleared in Chickasaw County
Richard Brennan living near Lawler confessed to stealing 18 cattle from a farm north of New Hampton on January 10. He claimed to drive the cattle to his home and then to Lawler where 12 were loaded and shipped to Chicago. He said he visited Chicago and attempted to alter a bill of sale before officers intercepted the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chickasaw County
Richard Brennan
J. McCarthy
Lawler
New Hampton
Chicago
Comin Region
Towns New School Idea Cuts Travel for Iowa Children
The Burlington Hawkeye notes that almost 20 000 rural children are moved to consolidated schools daily and back, arguing a 366 day road plan could cut transport costs. It claims buses will replace many one room schools, saving money and expanding auto use for schooling statewide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Burlington
Hawkeye
That Terrible Headache and Tax Note in One Ad
An advertisement offers Chamberlain's Tablets to relieve bilious headaches with nausea and stomach sickness. It mentions following package directions to avoid attacks and notes the product is for sale at Stoehr's Drug Store. A separate line remarks that a man paying income tax should be thankful for his income.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stoehr’s Drug Store
Local residents and visitors share a Sunday at-home round
A flood of brief social notes records visits between the Medberry, Klingman, Chapman, Gilson, Yearous, and Stansbury families along with neighbors Bertha Medberry and Lena Medberry. Humdrum events include farm work, hay baling, a livestock sale, and a measles report amid eighth grade exams at Highland District No. 3 with Miss Bertha Medberry teaching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmera
Siwiils -Wood
Wenger Brothers
Volga City
Bertha Medberry
Foxwell
Lena Medbertry
C. Chapman
Lena Medberry
C. Medberry
Elsie Yearous
Bessie Chapman
Gettring
Gilson
Harry Gilson
O. Turnbull
Evelyn Stansbury
Olga Benson
Fremont Ogle
Robert Peters
Tom Hanson
Hert Chapman
Dorothy Gilson
Libbie Klingman
Harvey
Frank Howard
Geo. Stangbury
Ray Shaffer
H.B. Gilson
J. M. Shaffer
Bert Allen
L. Klingman
Paebse
WHL Frieden
Hilda
Cecil Klipgian
Elgin
Highland School
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Promised Cure
Advertised remedy Hall's Catarrh Medicine claims to cure catarrh by acting through the blood on mucous surfaces. It promises constitutional restoration and strength, with a $100 reward for any case it fails to cure, urging readers to request testimonials from F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J, Chenhy & CO
Toledo
Ohio
Drigelste
Harding to visit Oelwein for big Fayette day
Governor Harding will spend Monday in Fayette county with events in Oelwein. At 2:30 p.m. a patriotic meeting at the M. E. church will feature his address, followed by a 7:30 p.m. banquet at Hotel Mealey hosted by the Greater Oelwein Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harding
Oelwein
Fayette County
Oelwein Club
M. & Church
Greater
Hotel Mealey
Towa
Gore
Letter from Perry to Chas and Frita at Camp Pike
A soldier in the 347th Infantry, J P Medberry, writes from Camp Pike Arkansas about warm weather, partial quarantine lift, and daily life. He notes measles and mumps subsiding, signals work, and meals. mentions Nelson Conner Clarence Beecher and Rob Gehring leaving for Florida. He hopes for a northward move as spring nears and dismisses California rumors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Headquarters
Edison
Nelson Conner
Clarence Beecher
Conner
Rob Gehring
Florida
California
C. M
J. P. Medberry
Dreadfelt Cough Cured by Chamberlain Cough Remedy
Mrs F W Oleson of Marysville Me reports her son Jean suffered a severe cold and dreadfully cough, finding quick relief with Chamberlain Cough Remedy. After one bottle he was cured and she praises it for children. Sold at Stoehr's Drug Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
F. W. Oleson
Marysville
Jean
Stoehr
Stora
Colleges Volunteer Support Boosts Army and Navy
Through volunteers alone many colleges have already given to the army and navy sixty percent of their students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Navy
Subscriptions urged as mail cost rises for Echo readers
Subscribers urged to pay owed amounts promptly to avoid postal notification due to higher por age costs. The notice explains payment helps estimate accounts easier, while several local names and yesterday trips to Waterloo, Fayette, Monticello, Oolwein, and Elkader appear in brief society notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Echo
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Weet
Waucome
Charley Bartels
Maynard
Herman Fred Greening
Fairbank
Roy’ Chatihan
DeBow
Arthur Emil Gosse
Gelw
Fred Dempster
Edward Wander
2Nd Ave
Bimer
Theodore ' Anfinpon
Nifwe Tedan
Harlan
Ste N
Celwein
Frank W. “Walrath
At, N
Frank Leroy
Seedraft, Leerant
Save
Steward Thompson
Forest Denton Welch
Francis Emanuel Gardner
Melwein
Maurice
Carl Goldman
Fremontave
Minneapolis
Lawrence, Hepner
Jesse John Lyon
Fairb
Dawson Oliver Clark
Walter Reusser
Digin
Leon Richard Probert
W.U
Chester Arnold Hurd
May
Theodore ‘Peterson
Clerm
John Magliacco
8Th Ave
Vincenzo Clentano
Robert Pierce
Wadena
Theodore Wim. Bryant
Ast Ave
Harry Elmer
Anderson, Randalls
Lyle Edward Smith
Ford Smith
Edward Riley
Ave. N
Andrew Stribley
Wall
Louie Niedert
Sumner
Henry Joseph Schlichte
Bt Lucas
Wilbur Jay Morrison
Ist Ave. N
August H, Schmidt
Fay
Misworth Day
Heiserman
Robert Arthur Payne
Paul Frederick Grutzmacher
Westgate
James Robert Kennedy
W. Charles Gelwein
Fred Avertil Smith
Clinton Barnhouse
Otto Donald Schroyer
Arthur Raymond Wendland
Hawke
John David Heldt
Howard J. McDonnell
3Rd Ave
Clifton
Delester
Cooley
Ray Rudolph Hoover
Illyria
Myron ‘Chepman Dias the’ Ghigkenpox
Red Cross
J. C. Cooley
Weibel Brothers
Alfred H. Weibel
A.M. ‘Weibel
Perry
Chas, Frita
Camp Pike
Little Rock
Ark
Frank Kobis
John Falk
Thos
Knudison Tran
Rev
Wedel
George Miller
Thomas
Hazel Bernhard
H. 8
Steele
Harry Becker
Mia
Otto Meisner
Elkader
Louise Bucher
Sam Lehman
Bernading Wenger
Monticello
J.C. McCoy
J. B. McCoy
Oolwein
Fred Kohler
Florence
J. BE. McCoy
Flossie Capper
Hess
the City Drug Store
Schumacher
Weibel Brothers Mill
C. J. Harrington
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